WordNet
sheriff's sale
n. a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy and unpaid obligation [syn: execution sale, judicial sale, forced sale]
Usage examples of "sheriff's sale".
I saw my mother put up at sheriff's sale, with her seven children.
Just like the poor folk, they don't hoe their crop 'n thin they blame me when I buy their land at the sheriff's sale!